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The Effect of Weight Status on Caries Experience among Diabetic Children | ||
| IRAQI JOURNALOF COMMUNITY MEDICINE | ||
| Article 1, Volume 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 281-286 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Nadia Al-Rawi; ; Anhar A | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The world wide increase in prevalence of childhood obesity is reaching epidemic proportions and it is associated with dramatic rise in case of diabetic mellitus and both have serious consequence including the health of oral cavity. There for this study was conducted to investigate the effect of weight status in relation to caries experience and salivary insulin hormone level among the diabetic children in comparison to control group matching with age and gender. Subjects and methods: The diabetic group included 27 children aged 10-13 years old of both gender. The control group included 30 non- diabetic children matching with study group. Diagnosis and recording of caries experience were through the application of decayed, missing and filled surfaces (dmfs, DMFS) indices. Salivary samples were collected and chemically analyzed for the detection of insulin hormone. Body Mass Index (BMI) specific for age and gender was used for assessment of nutritional status Results: A high level of dental caries was seen among the diabetic overweight group compared to other groups in both dentitions. Caries - experience equate to 100% of total diabetic children for primary dentition. Low insulin values were seen among the diabetic overweight group compared to the other groups. Conclusions: A positive highly significant correlation was seen with DMFS, among the over weigh diabetic female. The diabetic over weight children had a low level of salivary insulin hormone with statistically highly significant difference. Key words: Diabetes mellitus, Body mass index, Insulin, Saliva, Dental caries. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| diabetes mellitus; Body mass index; Insulin; saliva; dental caries | ||
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